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The 33-year-old seemed perfectly at ease with her risque choice of outfit, happily chatting to the assembled press about the next season of the series, which focuses on her character having a extra-marital fling with a married schoolteacher, played by Dominic West.

But her appearance somewhat contradicted her statement earlier this week in which she said that she 'baulked' at the idea it is essential for actresses to bare their breasts during filming.

Green goddess: The actress, 33, looked sensational in the daring Gabriela Hearst dress, which featured a cut out panel at the front

Let's talk: Her risque choice of outfit comes just days after Ruth decried the TV industry's 'unnecessary and unfair' focus on women's breasts

Steal Ruth's style with a pair of sandals by Alexandre Birman

We know this look is all about the extreme plunging neckline but as shoe obsessives we couldn't help but notice the heels.

Ruth Wilson stepped out at the Showtime event in Los Angeles looking gorgeous in green but those contrasting blue sandals are where it's at. We love the barely-there style with those cute bow ties on the ankle and bow straps. So feminine and elegant.

They're by Alexandre Birman, a Brazilian footwear designer, whose stunning creations have been spotted on the fashionable feet of stars like Leighton Meester, Miranda Kerr and Amanda Seyfried.

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Major role: The actress happily chatted to the press about the next season despite her racy ensemble

She explained: 'It's assumed that women will get their breasts out and have to get their breasts out and I baulk at that. It's unnecessary and it's unfair.'

Ruth added that during filming for The Affair she kept insisting: 'Why have I always got to do the orgasm face?

'There should be a male orgasm face. Why is it always the woman who's orgasming?'

The actress concluded that she had a 'big concern about how women are treated in the industry generally'.

Leading man: Although Dominic West was absent from the event, Ruth was joined by another of the show's male stars, Joshua Jackson

Teamwork: Ruth, who won a Golden Globe for her work on the first series, was joined by fellow castmembers Maura Tierney and Julia Goldani Telles, as well as screenwriter Sarah Treem

Ruth was joined by her co-stars Maura Tierney, Joshua Jackson, and Julia Goldani Telles, who posed alongside the show's screenwriter Sarah Treem.

It has taken over a year for the series to be picked up by a UK stations, and the actress believes that its content could even be too racy for open-minded Brits.

She told the Guardian: 'I’ve no idea [why it wasn't picked up].Maybe sexual content? I don’t know, it’s not that bad.

'In some ways, I’m quite happy because it means that my friends and my family don’t have to watch me doing sex scenes. But it’s got two Brits in the leads, it’s won two Golden Globes, so I don’t really understand.'

Racy hit: Ruth and Dominic play a married waitress and schoolteacher who embark on a steamy affair. The show was an instant hit in the US and will air in the UK later this month